"I'd rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people in the Boston
telephone directory than to the faculty of Harvard University." - William F. Buckley, Jr.
In what is being called a historic deal between the United States government and a major broadcast network, prisoners at the detention camp in Guantanamo were transferred today to the CBS reality series "Big Brother." The history-making arrangement drew praise from Senate Democrats, who had earlier blocked the closing of the detention camp, and from CBS executives, who had been desperately searching for something to spice up their fall schedule.
"We wanted to be sure that these terror suspects were someplace where they could be constantly monitored," said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. "And we could think of no better place than the ‘Big Brother' house, which has a camera in every room." Moments after the deal was struck, terror suspects from Gitmo were flown to Manhattan so that they could take part in CBS' splashy "upfront" presentation for advertisers at Radio City Music Hall.
In welcoming the terror suspects to the CBS family, network boss Les Moonves brushed aside criticism that he was harboring jihadists: "Only one out of seven of them are." For his part, Sen. Reid said that the Senate Democrats accepted CBS' offer for the detainees after turning down a competing bid from NBC, who had hoped to build a sitcom around them in the style of "The Office." "There were too many security concerns about putting them on NBC," Sen. Reid said. "Nobody would be watching them."
Copywrite 2009 - BG
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...for doing nothing. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Imus will sue CBS Radio for the huge portion of his $40 million contract that was left unpaid after he was fired for racist and sexist comments, his attorney said Thursday.
Martin Garbus, a First Amendment attorney, said he plans to file the breach of contract lawsuit by the end of next week.
Imus, 66, was barely three months into the five-year deal with CBS when he was dismissed April 12 after describing the Rutgers women's basketball team as "nappy-headed hos" on his nationally syndicated radio program.
This is a problem because.......?
Garbus cited a contract clause where CBS acknowledged that Imus' services were "unique, extraordinary, irreverent, intellectual, topical, controversial." The clause said Imus's programming was "desired by company and ... consistent with company rules and policy," according to Garbus. In addition, Imus' MSNBC contract provided for a written warning regarding a different incident prior to firing for another incident which did not occur in violation of the contract
CBS and MSNBC are ducking for cover and avoiding comment.
Garbus' past clients include comedian Lenny Bruce, the rap group Public Enemy and filmmaker Spike Lee.
Copywrite 2007 - Barry G.
The only thing real last night was Katie's voice. Why the heck couldn't she just sit behind a real desk and be something resembling herself...barf barf
Couric will never be more than a Mary Hart Wannabe
